HP Resurrection II Evolution.

[Defyant]

Hey guys :)

been a bit of a lurker here now for a bit and have been very impressed by the quality of the mods..... some of the mods here blow me away!

Anyways thought i'd share my latest creation and become a bit more active here in the forums :)

This was the second full resto of this type of old retro style hp tower.

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/DSCF1866.jpg


http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/DSCF1868.jpg
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/DSCF1870.jpg


http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/DSCF1871.jpg


I also made a customed theme mouse to suit, the KB i gave up on :)


http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FULL%20WORKLOG/MOUSE%20AND%20MOUSE%20PAD%20MOD/IMG_1649.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FULL%20WORKLOG/MOUSE%20AND%20MOUSE%20PAD%20MOD/IMG_1656.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FULL%20WORKLOG/MOUSE%20AND%20MOUSE%20PAD%20MOD/IMG_1655.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FULL%20WORKLOG/MOUSE%20AND%20MOUSE%20PAD%20MOD/IMG_1664.jpg

[Defyant]

a few internal shots

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/Contest%20Pics/DSCF1849.jpg


http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/Contest%20Pics/DSCF0135.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/DSCF1851.jpg

Custom side mounted window LCD

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/Contest%20Pics/IMG_1674.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/Contest%20Pics/IMG_1556.jpg


http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/Contest%20Pics/IMG_1562.jpg


Top shots

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/DSCF0026.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/DSCF0029.jpg

close ups!

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/IMG_1597.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/IMG_1595.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/IMG_1591.jpg



http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/DSCF0031.jpg

[Defyant]

Spare side panel

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/IMG_1579.jpg


Rear shots


http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/IMG_1599.jpg


http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/IMG_1530.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/IMG_1523.jpg


Side mounted water tanks

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/IMG_1533.jpg

HPResurrections new home :)


http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/DSCF0008.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/DSCF0002.jpg

[jonopaul01]

OH MY GOODNESS! This is one of the best Mods I have ever SEEN!! How much time and money did that take!? I absoloutely love that mod, there is not one thing I can criticise! And a W3 fan, great. I love the Side mounted LCD and the "visor" on the optical drive in trully cool and totally fits in with the rest of the mod. Do you have any other mods for us to see?
Any way, brilliant work, keep us posted and I hope to see you around the forums.
Similar games can be found on Target Black Friday Ad (https://www.weeklyads2.com/target/).

PS: Nice little digital camera you got there.

[Dante]

Defyant...check your PM's.

[Frakk]

i raise my hats. this mod looks really awesome. although i would have put the cd drive in a lower position for easier reach (since its on the top of the desk) but other than that im totally impressed.

[MrSlacker]

simply amazing!

[Crunch]

That's just awesome....

[X child]

Very nice work.

Did you have to run the monitor cable back into the case for the LCD side panel? Or did you set it up all internal?

[Tech-Daddy]

I never get tired of looking at his work!
*clap!* *clap!* *clap!* *clap!*

[sabrewolf732]

h...o...l...y c..r..a..p. I just dirtied my keyboard. That is insane, I could never mod like that. I still cant get over how awesome that is! :eek: :eek: :eek:Best mod I have ever seen

[Xato]

A wonderful breath of new life into that case.
I've always found that older cases can have more personality than newer ones. They have more shape and workable curves.
Again, love the case, grats.

[azrafel]

absolutly beautiful.

i hope that one day i can do stuff like this...

[AKA_RA]

oh, how i would love to see the work log for this case.

[Defyant]

Thank you very much guys :)
the cable does run thru the back and inside,Agreed Xato, its the curves that draw me to these cases :) Dante checking now :) Frakk! the next one will be lower :) Aka ra, the worklog is huge!!!

you can see some of it here :)

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~lukestclair/gallery.html

Again guys thanx :)

[Frakk]

browsing through ure pics i came to the conclusion that you know how its done :D

[Guttenaffe]

Defyant, you are one of the best :)

[R/C Pilot]

that is one of the best mods I have seen. Great Job.

What is the green liquid, and where did you get those tanks.

[Defyant]

thanx again guys :)


The tanks i make myself :D

http://photobucket.com/albums/y165/Defyantmods/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FULL%20WORKLOG/SIDE%20MOUNTED%20WATER%20TANKS/

the green liquid is just car coolant

[public_eyesore]

NOOOOOOO!!! not fair!! ive been thinking of the moniter in case idea for a couple of years. Now it wont be original.
Anyway Crongradulations man that is so freaking awesome, i know my version would not have come close.

[Xato]

Doesn't mean u cant still do it... If you want it to be original, just think of a twist to stick on it...

[Defyant]

Doesn't mean u cant still do it... If you want it to be original, just think of a twist to stick on it...

100% right!!!!! i coulda just stuck a lcd in the panel, easy! , but i thought put a twist on it and put in a window, in a panel :)

another one i did recently for my server mod, was to use the the whole panel and its casing and put that into a side panel, as well as still having a small top window.

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/defyant/Gateway%20Rising%20II/IMG_2090.jpg


theres soo many things you can do to put a twist on an old mod :)

[Xato]

Nice, would have been cool if the PSU was at the bottom of the case and the mobo was moved up, for a nice view of the CPU etc. But that would have taken some hardcore fabricating =D

[Defyant]

ahhhh good thinking mate :)

i did somting similar when i did the Fusion mod,

Project Fusion (http://photobucket.com/albums/y165/Defyantmods/Project%20FUSION/?start=0)

this time i was thinking of doing a mod to the psu to make it a bit more pleasing to the eye :)

[Xato]

Lol, nice horn... was that the tube to top up the reservior.

[ZeD]

As always good job, yours was one of my favorites on the [H] show us your rig thread

[MisterChief]

One of these days, case modding is gonna be a full fledged art form..*tear* It's just so beautiful! *weeps with joy* :D

[X child]

I just realized that your motherboard was stealthed. I thought it was an awsome mod anyway but that was an extra nice touch.

[Cymae]

is liquid cooling difficult to do?

[jonopaul01]

Not particulrly difficult, just make sure that everything is screwed on tight and that you thouroughly test it out before you put it in your computer or else there will be tears when you see your ruined computer soaked in water.

[Deviantgodd]

First off - Wow man..... wow.
Secondly - ..I am not to sure how I am going to phrase this but here it goes. How do you do the power set up.. I will use this mod for instance, but I have looked at a few others and this applies to them aswell. In your HP mod it looked like you used audio auxillary cables, and im just wondering how that works. I saw your photohost and i understand that you solder the red and black cable to the head, and then you plug it into your computer externally. I dont know where it goes from there... lol. Do you have like a junction box that you connect everything to? Maybe it is alot simpler than I am making it out to be. If you could, could you kind of give me a run down on how that works, or if there is a tutorial regarding this could i be redirected? Thanks a bunch man. Happy Modding. :)

[NavySealLTBlue]

May I ask what the price of this new computer was and what the specs on it are?

[Defyant]

Again thanx guys :)

Deviantgodd ;
the rear Audio power jacks on the back are just spliced into the 12v+(yellow) and a Negative - (black) on the main loom. in the case of HPR2 where all the power cables are hidden behime the motherboard, iv'e simply cut the male molex off and soldered these wire togther. then then feed out around the PSU to the back of the case where they are again soldered to the back of the female RCA plugs, then heatshrink is used to tidy eerything up :)

If you still feel stuck mate, i'll be happy to do a qick photo "howto"shoot to help out :)

NavySealLTBlue
It's hard to put a price on a mod like this, a lot of parts are brought but never used, paint is from my bulk supply as is the bondo. In aussie dollars , theres no way it cost more than 2.5k all up inc hardware, even with the LCD wich was brought SH for a meger 120au.

Hardware was middle end @ NF2 mothetboard with a XP3200 and a 9800pro being the bulk of the parts, a 200gig HDD and DVDcombo drive and 1 gig of ddr 400 ram was used. I suppose this older tech could be classed as lower end now.

The watercooling is pumped thru a full set of Silver Prop's latest series CPU,GPU and chipset blocks by Swiftech mpc600 pump. Twin 120mm Pabst fans cool a BIX rad and a custom made dual 380mm x 50mm set of tanks supply the life fluid.

The case has since gone on a tour of the citys bigger Computer Hardware stores for the next few months (missis baby) so i downgraded the VGA to a 9550 :) and lowered the ram to a single stick of 512.

[Cwrench]

Simply amazing, a real inspiration to us all, and the fact that it's retro....wow
no real questions yet...just wow

[Deviantgodd]

Again thanx guys :)

Deviantgodd ;
the rear Audio power jacks on the back are just spliced into the 12v+(yellow) and a Negative - (black) on the main loom. in the case of HPR2 where all the power cables are hidden behime the motherboard, iv'e simply cut the male molex off and soldered these wire togther. then then feed out around the PSU to the back of the case where they are again soldered to the back of the female RCA plugs, then heatshrink is used to tidy eerything up :)

If you still feel stuck mate, i'll be happy to do a qick photo "howto"shoot to help out :)



I am a visual learner (Lol). If you could so that How-To it would be much appreciated. Thanks a bunch!

[The Grendel]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

F***ING NICE!!!

-Grendel

[Defyant]

thanx guys :)

Will do Deviantgodd just gimee some time and i'll get someting posted asap

[Xbrid]

that is sweet! great cable management.

[pleXi]

sweettt jobbb <33

i was wondering what kind of paste that is that u made to reform the case

[Cyberaxe]

Hey defyant, GREAT JOB! Awesome paint job and case all together. Check your PM's...

[Xato]

That would be autobody filler (aka Bondo). Its the same stuff crimson used on the Alien Fossil Mouse.

[Cyberaxe]

What are the clear grills that are at the bottom of the case called and where did you get them?

[Xato]

He custom cut them from a mesh which can be bought from hardware stores. If you look around in his worklog, (cant remember the site) then you should be able to find out exactly how he bent it etc...

[Cyberaxe]

Anyone have a link?

[Xato]

Here ye go...
Defyants all-in-one worklog site
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~lukestclair/gallery.html

[feh728]

Sweet mod! Absolutly incredible! You are the kind of person that inspires me to do great mods like yours. Even though I can not. 8) 8) ;) ;) :eek: :eek: :D :D

[hungrych]

That's amazing. o.O It reminds me of a hot-rod in some bizzare way. :D

[bohimt]

What kind of LCD was that put in the window, and what size was it ? Im trying to do something simliar!

Thanks again!

[uNdErAtEd]

i looked at your pics, but i still don't c how u did the light tubes. they'res some pics, but not enough 4 me to figure it out, thanx. everything else looks bad ass

[bboy360]

What a waste. 1st off the LCD display in the case going to be messed up from all the magnets and EMI emissions coming from the computer. Computers are in metal cases so your other electronics don't get messed from that. Good luck seeing anything from that LCD in a few months.

[Aero]

Ok. Bboy.

1) LCD's are no longer the crap of the 90's, they can take the EMF's produced by the computer. People leave LCD's next to computers on their desks all the time with no problems, 2 inches closer is not going to do much.

2) Super cooling WILL allow you processor to reach high speeds. Its called overclocking. As the CPU remains cooler it has a better chance of remaining stable while being pushed to high speeds.

3) Computer cases come in all sizes, just becasue you like your small form factor PC doesn't mean everyone else has to.

4) Ever heard of Acrylic cases? Not all cases are metal.

5) Disco balls went out with Celerons.

6) LED's produce little to no heat so they won't effect anything.

7) Don't come in hear with 3 posts, using 2 of them to bad mouth someone else's creation. If you think this mod sucks, you need to rethink what you "know" about computer mods, because the 5 pages of people before you think its pretty freakin awesome.


Oh and props on the mod dude. I was going to do the whole LCD thing last year but didn't have the know-how or tools to do it. Also nice job making everything streamlined, looks nice. :D

[sXenoG]

Aero knows what hes talking about. I dont think anyones mod should ever be talkin badly about... Especially when they spend so much time doing it. You might want to warn people etc but if its done keep ur mouth shut or perhaps suggest a concern without being so rude.


Side note:
I was looking at this picture:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~lukestclair/mypic391.jpg
and i noticed that he has the same speakers as me :P Theyre awsome i will say :D

[Tech-Daddy]

Apologies Defyant... please bring your mad skillz back to this thread... it could not come soon enough...
*sigh*

[xavier2010]

defyant, that is the SWEEEEHEHEEETEst case turnaround iv never even thought i COULD see. you deserve like.. something damn!

but i do have a few questions for you.

1. where did you buy the mesh? (i'm trying to do a wild full mesh idea)
2. where did you get the front fan? (i love it! looks so cool!)
3. where the hell did you get that kinda talent? cause i needz ta buy me sum!

[sXenoG]

awww man i just noticed that hte pic i posted was much too large i got it from his all together worklog and had no idea it was 1 picture sorry.... :(

[xavier2010]

Maybe just sheer coincidence, but look what i just got from a firend to troubleshoot!!!;)
http://www.geocities.com/xavier2010/DSC00925.JPG

[sXenoG]

After defyant... I just love what you can do witht hose cases :)

[Defyant]

soz guys! i shouldcheck back here more often ...once i start on new mods i alway negelect the old posts :( please forgive and feel free to to sing oout in one of the newer posts if you have question :)


Just for anyone wanting to try the LCD mod.

It was suggested that i try some sheilding around the back of the LCD,

i thought what the heck! it can't hurt to give it a go...and if theres probs! i can always add a sheet on the back at a later date ;)

Months down the track and there hasnt been any probs..

the Case has been on display in the city for 2 of those months were it was left to run 24/7.......even i was worried! but HPR2 came thru with flying colours.

cheers Aero and thx for the support guys :)

xavier2010, cheers mate, the mesh i use in all my mods is old security door mesh....i pick it up for free form a great guys @ my local metal scrap yard.


the front fan is a evercool....after HPr2 evercool saw fit to release these with bule lights standard :)


hehehe im lucky enuf to have a good home setup! the time just enuf money...and great wife and kids :) the rest is all just practice!!!!!

Deer god that an old pic now and seems like such a long time ago in my life as a modder....i still run those exact same speekers now!!!!!!


that HP you have there could be the makings of HPR4!!!!! :D

again guys as aways , thanx for the awsome support .

D.

[slipknot_fan1]

bboy360=jealous looser

[Karant]

Slick, smooth, and stylish. Great job there man!

[Omega]

holy fu**.

you must have been modding FOREVER.

[Nasser-1356]

yeah dude ,,,,,, you realy know what your doin ;) ...GR8 mod mate

[FoRmEd]

nice work

[SWds03]

I love this case mod! It is awesome! I gained a lot of information and this mod as well as your other projects are my inspiration for my case mod which will be completed and posted as soon as I have the money.

bboy doesn't know what he is talking about, it is simply ingenious. He has no mods listed of his, so he can't talk trash anyway.8)

[Razors Edge]

This is a work of art.

The Van Gho of computers.

-Also, can I get a copy of that wallpaper? :)

[Omega]

This is a work of art.

The Van Gho of computers.

-Also, can I get a copy of that wallpaper? :)


It's Van Gogh.

[Razors Edge]

Whatever man, I don't follow up on art.

[Omega]

Whatever man, I don't follow up on art.


Neither do I, but that doesn't mean I don't know how to spell stuff.

(Not saying that you can't spell)

[Razors Edge]

Lol i ncat pslle. My point is this guy tried hard. This is pretty nice. I like the idea of placing the moniter inside the pc.

[SpArX]

I know it's been ages since this was posted but, i was looking for a way to mount a monitor inside a case, just wanting to know if you could point me in the right direction.

also you are a god among men, this is absolutely awesome :banana: :banana:

the stealthed motherboard is brilliant, however i am rather curious as to how you go about trouble shooting problems etc, isn't it annoy to pull it apart to upgrade?

great job anyway keep it up 8)

[jakethebob]

WOW at first i was like hmm this is a good mod but nothing amazing but THEN the other pictures loaded and i was blown away

[Helix666]

Apologies if this has already been covered, but.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y165/Defyantmods/HPResurrection%20II%20Evolution/FINAL%20SHOTS/IMG_1523.jpg

What's the black pushbutton in this pic for?

Anyway, nice mod.